Ghost Father's Prayer (Remix)

(Ayy, yoh)

Deep inside, the light dey dim

Every night, the road dey long

Ifwe, we dey try, but the spirit dey tire

My dear wife, my heart, my everything

I dey look at the clock, the night shift still calling

This job, e dey milk me like one cow for the farm

I dey miss your smile, I dey miss your arm

I send money for things, but them no dey do am right

I dey pay for service, but I still dey lose the fight

It no dey make sense, this grind is a chain

I just want a moment to wash off the pain

For how long, my love, for how long?

Must I be a ghost father where I don't belong?

I miss the dinners, the laughter, the sound of the kids

I'm chasing the bread, but I'm losing the bids

I love you, I need you, I want to be free

To be the man that you supposed to see

Teacher for school, them no know my face

I'm just a phantom moving through this space

PTA meetings, birthdays, I'm never there

Only sending gifts through the cold midnight air

I wan rest, I wan sleep, I wan hold you tight

But the salary call, so I work through the night

Eish, this life, e don turn me to stone

Surrounded by people, but I'm standing alone

For how long, my love, for how long?

Must I be a ghost father where I don't belong?

I miss the dinners, the laughter, the sound of the kids

I'm chasing the bread, but I'm losing the bids

I love you, I need you, I want to be free

To be the man that you supposed to see

I hope you rise, I hope your business take flight

More than I make, let it turn into light

So I can rest, so I can finally stay

Make this ghost father finally be here every day

(Natotela, my love, just understand me)

For how long, my love, for how long?

Must I be a ghost father where I don't belong?

I miss the dinners, the laughter, the sound of the kids

I'm chasing the bread, but I'm losing the bids

I love you, I need you, I want to be free

To be the man that you supposed to see

I just want to rest, yeah

No more ghosts in the house, no more

Mwaiseni to a new life, soon

(Yoh, we rise, we live, we love)

I love you, forever and ever.